But how could a gun loaded
with blanks kill a bird inside a sound stage?

It didn't take Sidney Toler
long to solve the mystery. The bird was stuffed. And when they looked up, # 2 son, Victor Sen Yung was hiding
in the catwalk, happy that he had finally mystified the brilliant Charlie Chan.

And here he is in "Murder
Over New York."

John Burke's Epilog:

When Sidney Toler took on
the role of Charlie Chan, he was able to chose the actor that would play his son. He chose Victor Sen Yung, a promising
but inexperienced Chinese actor.

Toler took him under his
wing and showed him every acting trick he knew and taught him the ropes. As a result, they had a relationship on
the set that brought out the best of their performances as father and son.

For American Movie Classics,
I'm John Burke.

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This was one of Fox Movie Channel's CHAN MARATHON (June 2, 2003) that ended

because of an anti-Chan protesters

. . . BUT . . .

Charlie Chan is once again being shown on TV!

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Based on BEHIND THAT CURTAIN published in 1928 by Earl Derr Biggers; originally made in 1929
for Warner Baxter and then in 1931 as CHARLIE CHAN’S CHANCE

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Bloopers:

The plane sitting on the tarmac is on an incline.The
passengers inside are sitting in a perfectly horizontal plane. This is a frequent boo boo.

Fingerprint man brushes off the tail of model plane on desk in study of (Ricardo
Cortez).

What are the figures on wall or bookcases.

Theme music sounds like theme to television’s Honeymooners.

DON T.: The airport in New York may be Los Angeles, probably Burbank Airport.

The airplane model on the desk maybe a Lockheed 10.

The plane in the hanger (later in the film) is a Lockheed 10 Electra.

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Most
Obvious Plot Flaw

Another plot flaw of sorts is in "Murder Over
NY". At the end of the film, we learn that the murderer was not recognized by anyone, including his wife, because of plastic
surgery which altered his face and voice. Despite this plastic surgery procedure, the murderer still has a perfect facial
contour, and no visible scars. As a physician myself, I am not aware of any plastic surgery procedure that could cause such
a large change in appearance that even one's spouse could be fooled. I would also think that plastic surgery would have been
much less successful and would have had fewer applications in the 1930's compared to now. As for the voice issues, I have
seen throat injuries and surgery cause voice changes, (or even a total loss of voice), but someone’s speech mannerisms
would not change due to surgery and would probably still be recognized.